Atlantean Boulders

New terminology? Why?

What are the defining features that differentiate these walls from Cyclopean walls - a term already in widespread use? Why duplicate terminology if there is already a perfectly good label in common use?

"Looks Like....:

 

The way the pseudoarchaeologists present their case: 

Those who Know, Know....

Those who know....

Who is 'Megalithic Mysteries': @Megalithic12000?

The social media account 'Megalithic Mysteries' ( @Megalithic12000 1,446 Followers) claims to specialise in " Ancient precision. Lost civilisations. Cataclysms that reset humanity" and wants us to believe that he knows what he is talking about when he says: "History is far older and stranger than you think". Following through the inter-links with his other online activity you see someone rather deperate for attention and online engagement. It turns out this is somebody who makes films elsewhere going by the name Francis Mobberley and he's from Kings Lynn, United Kingdom. Mr Mobbedry seems never to have read an archaeology book, but is full of trite stereotypical statements about "what the archaeologists get wrong".

Some recent gems:

" The mysterious site of Sayhuite in Peru shows astonishing evidence of destruction. Can you even begin to imagine the forces required to break this piece in two? ... did something tremendously violent take place here?".... "
Gobekli Tepe alone should have rewritten the entire story of human origins....Yet rather than update the timeline, orthodoxy simply changed the definition of the term hunter gatherer so the theory could stay intact"....
"ANCIENT ENGINEERING MYSTERY I’m calling on archaeologists, engineers and anyone who thinks they can, to explain this mystery ONCE AND FOR ALL. Mainstream academia claims to understand how ancient precision-engineered stone was made...."
" Peruvian local tells me ALIENS built the megaliths. I’m currently in Peru. This clip is from an Uber ride today.... Some, like this gentleman here, believe beings from elsewhere helped humanity rebuild after a great cataclysm, when civilisation and infrastructure were lost".
"Early accounts in Egypt show temples buried, huge stones shifted, severe erosion, and widespread ruin long before restoration began. This is not gradual decay. It points to powerful ancient destruction. The clues remain, if you know how to read them".
"Many people fail to grasp the severity of the Younger Dryas cataclysm. ... Only the hardest stone survives a planetary disaster. Everything else is wiped clean".
"Ancient builders crafted stones with a precision that challenges modern machinery. Did you know that to this day, no one has provided an explanation for how this stone was shaped with such precision?"
"UNSOLVED MYSTERY: No one on the planet can explain this method of removing stone. From Peru to Egypt, ancient sites display the exact same anomalous precision and engineering approaches. This suggests a shared knowledge that no existing explanation fully accounts for."

This Week's Nonsense Claim

 
Nonsense claim: Tell me you have never read a proper archaeology book without saying outright that you have never bothered to read a proper archaeology book before pronouncing authoritatively about "what archaeologists do/have done". Dunning Kruger.  

Cosplayer Caverns Can't Pronounce "Şit"

YouTuber Luke Caverns is having problems thinking up new topics for his clickbait "content", decides to return to Göbekli Tepe. I could not refrain from comment:

"WTF is the matter with you YouTuber "content creators"? How long are the Jimmy Corsetti and wannabes like Mr Caverns going to be flogging the tired old horse? It's you lot that are perpetuating the stereotype "gosh these were huntrer gathers, but they learn how to stand a stone up on its end - its a revolution of the way (those stupid) archaeologists think [present tense] about the past". I'm disappointed to see Ms Kayleigh here too. IN REALITY the first years of Göbekli Tepe were at once (and why would they NOT be?) instrumental in making PAST TENSE what you are still representing as current thinking. The first "Preliminary Report on the 1995-1999 Excavations" which is QUARTER OF A CENTURY OLD (it was written and in teaching curricula while you were still in short trousers) is available as a pdf that any real researcher could find a mouse-click away. Right there at the top of the first page, it calls it a pre-pottery Neolithic site. Quarter of a century ago. Do you see that? So why are you and people like you hammering away at "hunter-effing-gatherers"? Just because Saint Graham of the Holy Hancock said it, you all slavishly and unthinkingly repeat the mantra like Orwellian sheep? Why?

What is it you are aiming to produce here as your "content"? Cutting edge knowledge - when you are quarter of a century behind, stuck circling round and round like the pseudo-archaeology dog chasing its own tail? Why not scrap your 1985 Time-life books and your National Geographical back-numbers and get hold of a lot of proper up to date literature (lots online, officially and unofficially), read it, think deeply about it and then produce something actually informed by it? It is harder than the kneejerk and all-too-repetative sensationalist "gottchas" criticising the academics that you so clearly love doing. That is the only model the Corsettis, Dedunkers, Buttonses, and all the myriad of anonymous grifter YouTubers seem capable of. It makes them income, yes, easy money - but is it getting us (and public knowledge) anywhere? Is that a concern of yours... or not?

Oh and by the way, aren't you inclined to wonder whether the diacritical mark on the letter 'ş' in Turkish might affect its pronunciation? Be curious and learn something."

"MortalsOfEarth", the Barefoot Wannabe-Saviour from Michigan Threatens and then Accuses Archaeologist

 

This guy (Frank Rogala) claims to have science cracked (see below), plus be able to "save civilization" and has a "new book coming out in June":

MortalsOfEarth @MortalsOfEarth
Writer, researcher and traveler exploring ancient civilizations. Insights shared http://MortalsOfEarth.com —interviewing scientists, researchers and truth seekers. Science and Technology Mackinaw City, MI Joined October 2024 (111 Following 218 Followers,  Not followed by anyone you’re following).

Here are his views on archaeology:

"[...] It's all just lazy guesswork dressed up as expertise. I can't wait until we finally crack the voids, shafts, and hidden structures inside the Great Pyramid, which clearly aligned to some advanced industrial or engineering role, so we can roast them for peddling fairy tales about the Queen's Chamber shafts being soul-ascension portals for the king. They literally pull this nonsense out of their asses and call it scholarship."

Here he is addressing Lee Clare, excavator of Gobekli Tepe on Jimmy Corsetti's Twitter account:

 MortalsOfEarth @MortalsOfEarth

"The dude has no idea that dealing with you [, Jimmy,] so far has been the easy part.

Someone like me is the one who asks for a lie-detector test.
I care about the story—the motivations, the main characters, and their actions. I care about whether it all makes sense.
So make it make sense, Lee.
Let’s talk about the contract that was signed with the entertainment company that took over the site—the same people who rolled in bulldozers and poured concrete over unexcavated ruins.
I want to know where the money goes.
Who’s involved in that agreement?
When was it signed?
Where did the money change hands?
And who’s getting paid now?
And while we’re at it—did he kill Klaus Schmidt with his own bare hands? Did he pay someone else to do it? Or did the fixers from the entertainment company handle that too?
I’m not playing.

7:28 PM · Dec 29, 2025 - 231 Views"

This is the soirt of thing that we have all too easily become accustomed to from pseudoscientific and populist harassment campaigns. The use here of conspiratorial framing, entitlement, accusatory language, and intimidation tactics, is not serious questioning or “holding someone to account”. It is nothing less than intimidation dressed up as concern. The post talks at a working archaeologist as if he’s a suspect, throws around lie-detector fantasies, and even hints at violence. That’s not how evidence-based criticism works, and it’s not how professionals should be addressed. Lee Clare is an archaeologist doing his job within normal legal and institutional frameworks, and nothing in this kind of rhetoric helps anyone understand what’s actually happening at the site. It’s conspiratorial, hostile, and can only be treated as harassment that needs to be highlighted and deplored rather than something that deserves engagement.